Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chorographer ( though not Reyce ) points out : ‘ That p't of the countrye that is nere unto the sea is nothing so fruiffull neyther so comodious for cattell as the other but more fitte for sheepe and come , ’ and so contained many more 20s. men — upwards of 43 per cent in Blything hundred , and more than twice as many as in townships situated wholly on the clay . |
| 2 | Situated right on the beach and in the lively ‘ Golden Zone ’ , a wide variety of boutiques , restaurants , bars and discos lie practically at your doorstep ! |
| 3 | The Metropole is the only hotel in Bellagio situated right on the lakeside , as well as being in the village centre , it is in fact one of the finest locations in Bellagio . |
| 4 | Situated right on the lakeside and next to the picturesque harbour in the centre of Menaggio , is the Hotel Bellavista . |
| 5 | Situated right on the pretty little harbour front , the Gardesana enjoys superb views of the lake from its elegant public rooms and first floor restaurant , where an extensive buffet breakfast and excellent 3 course dinner with salad bar are served . |
| 6 | The ideal Family hotel , the Sandbanks is one of the only hotels in the area situated right on the beach , one of the very few in the UK to hold the coveted EEC Blue Flag Award for clean beaches . |
| 7 | These apartments situated right on the water have been awarded the highest possible classification by the English Tourist Board 2–5 Keys and Highly Commended . |
| 8 | Situated right on the main promenade of Viareggio , the Hotel Liberty will best suit the more independently minded as it is offered on a bed and breakfast only basis , leaving guests free to set their own meal times . |
| 9 | This elegant , modern hotel is centrally situated right on the busy promenade , across the road from a wide sandy beach . |
| 10 | Yep , well each station in those days had one of the war-time sirens on , on , situated right on the top of the tower of these fire stations , enormous great sirens with a very piercing , loud sound , erm so that was the audible warning , to tell them that they were wanted in the fire station . |
| 11 | Having consulted widely on the subject , we have decided to extend the criminal law dealing with squatting . |
| 12 | They were jounced mercilessly on the narrow fitted bench . |
| 13 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 14 | I suggested that they had more than likely received a stern lecture in lieu of a death sentence ; in the world of Arabs , blame for unsanctioned sex is placed wholly on the shoulders of the female . |
| 15 | Where prices were once held constant for five year periods , from 1976 onwards they have been revised annually on the basis of a five-year moving average of world market prices . |
| 16 | More generally , it remains true that the severity of the Monopolies Commission 's findings mean that the board is necessarily placed somewhat on the defensive about its investment appraisals , and will find all its investment assumptions scrutinised with some suspicion . |
| 17 | As you will have heard perhaps on the radio or TV the Royal Bank of Scotland is to reduce its staff by 3,500 over about three years , mostly by natural wastage . |
| 18 | The young wheat is streaked by silver lines of water running between the ridges , the sheep are gathered together on the slopes . |
| 19 | Cowley leafed through the file that Bodie had gathered together on the girl . |
| 20 | Nought but a rabble he had gathered together on the fair island that lies to the east — of buccaneers and booty hunters and ruffianly runaways from the slaveships that are plying these waters most usefully . |
| 21 | and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural . |
| 22 | ‘ No , I think it would have been easier just to take his word for it that I 'd boobed , fallen down on the job . |
| 23 | Welsh Water has dragged many old-age pensioners and under-privileged people through the courts of Wales because they have fallen down on the odd instalment on their water charges . |
| 24 | Erm but I say there , there were a couple of erm objections that came up during the course of the conversation which really resulted because you , you 'd fallen down on the actual structure , but having said that then again there were two or three examples that you apacked and you got through very well and you , you recovered yourself well on that and , and I say really I think that 's er that 's covered most of the bits that , that I felt were , were there . |
| 25 | Somehow , he had moved closer , and their thighs were pressed together on the wooden seat . |
| 26 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 27 | Of the surviving children of William Charles and Anne , five were baptised together on the same day ( 10 July 1817 ) in their father 's original parish at the miniature City church of St Ethelburga , Bishopsgate . |
| 28 | A bi-partisan approach to foreign policy could be maintained in the most momentous ever commitment in US foreign policy , the North Atlantic Pact , but it had broken down on the issue of China even if ‘ the attack of the primitives ’ , as Acheson put it , had as much to do with Truman 's unexpected victory in the presidential election in 1948 and the consequent fury and frustration of the Republican Party . |
| 29 | Production day supervisor Bob Hodson illustrated the point : ‘ ICI phoned earlier to say the tanker with the morning delivery of phenol had broken down on the motorway and would n't be here until four o'clock . |
| 30 | Dr Nathanson said that a reply had been received only on the eve of the press conference and did not alleviate all its concerns . |